Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language
Second Concise Edition
general editor: David B. Guralnik
Avenel Books, US, 1978

Dictionary of Word Origins
Joseph T. Shirpley, 1945
Littlefield, Adams & Company, US, 1964 edition
library “discard”. Spine ripped and reglued. Ex libris stamp on first leaf “Quamican Jr. Secondary” and inventory stamp on third leaf “1196”
And while I decided at the outset of this project not to include commentaries on the books, I could not resist including my favourite entry: “nun. see nincompoop.”

The Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, Third Edition
Volume Two - Laval, F. X. de–Zworykin
edited by Columbia Encyclopedia editors, Columbia University, 1953, 1960, 1968
William Bridgewater, editor-in-chief
Viking Press, US
Published in Candada by MacMillan Company, CA, 1968
printed in US

The Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, Third Edition
Volume One - Aa–Lavaca Bay
edited by Columbia Encyclopedia editors, Columbia University, 1953, 1960, 1968
William Bridgewater, editor-in-chief
Viking Press, US
Published in Canada by MacMillan Company, CA, 1968
printed in US
pressed inside: my dad’s invitations to my sisters’ weddings with the flowers he wore as boutonnières

Canadian Orders, Decorations, and Medals
F. J. Blatherwick, 1984
The Unitrade Press, CA, 3rd edition 1985